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Synonyms for backtrack

retrace your steps

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Synonyms for backtrack

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Synonyms for backtrack

retrace one's course

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CAUGHT SHORT: ScotRail has raised the cost of using the toilets at Aberdeen railway station from 30p to 50p - backtracking on a pledge to scrap the fees entirely
'It is foreseeable that the latest US tariff hikes on China, far from resolving issues, will only make things worse for all sides,' according to the white paper, which also listed details of what it described as US backtracking.
'We are not withdrawing or backtracking from our earlier position.
As the backtracking of cargoes continued, the missing containers became 154 as of July 18.
CALL 09050 700 460 77P PER MIN ROI 1560 911 384 [euro]1.25 PER MIN GEMINI MAY 22 - JUNE 21 While Mercury is backtracking, you may be digging through the past, perhaps collecting information, poring over old photos, paperwork, reviewing budgets or having valuations undertaken.
He said that all states and sides who made wrong bets regarding Syria and adopted illogical and non-political solutions must backtrack, and that there is no shame in backtracking; rather it constitutes a chance to view the crisis in Syria from a different angle and reach a political solution.
I'M sorry Les Reid thinks I'm backtracking over my pledge to streamline senior management posts at the council (Telegraph, May 14).
THE Scottish Government have hit out at defence chiefs for backtracking on plans to station thousands of extra British troops north of the Border.
One way to improve the performance is to visit more leaf nodes, i.e, backtracking. However, as Silpa-Anan et al.
It is also thought that tensions between the various nations will further limit what can be achieved in Doha as many countries are being accused of backtracking on what was agreed in South Africa.
Fianna Fail's Marc Mc-Sharry blasted the minister for "backtracking" on his pre-election promises.
Summary: The Gas Exporting Countries Forum--a group of the world's key gas producers--has ruled out production cuts for now, the president of the group said Monday, backtracking from an earlier proposal to reduce output.